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Power Company Sends Fire-Spewing Drone to Burn Trash Off High-Voltage Wires
gizmodo ^ | 2/17/17 | Matt Novak

Posted on 02/17/2017 1:59:31 PM PST by Rebelbase

The drones are being used by an electric power maintenance company in China to get rid of plastic bags and other debris that get caught in places that are hard to reach with a human in a cherrypicker.

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We need these for crowd control at BLM and anti-Trump protests.
1 posted on 02/17/2017 1:59:31 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

ROFL!!! What are you nuts? lol

maybe we do.


2 posted on 02/17/2017 2:00:28 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper cbrust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Rebelbase

I second that... Where’s Kelesi’s Dragons when you need em!!??


3 posted on 02/17/2017 2:03:18 PM PST by sit-rep
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To: Rebelbase

No, just give them ladders so they can crawl up there and hang their banners.


4 posted on 02/17/2017 2:04:29 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Rebelbase

Classic Chinese. Why use a compressed gas product when you can use diesel or gasoline to add to poor air quality.


5 posted on 02/17/2017 2:05:59 PM PST by shotgun
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To: Rebelbase

I WANT ONE!!!!

There is a squirrel in the tree at the top of my driveway which continually throws nuts on my car and mocks me when I come out......

I will now own you furry rodent!


6 posted on 02/17/2017 2:07:37 PM PST by nevergore
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To: Rebelbase

Just from the headline, my first thought was: what could possibly go wrong?!


7 posted on 02/17/2017 2:09:30 PM PST by the_Watchman
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Ohhhh. Ahhhhh. Sweet!

Dear Santa,

I have been ever so good this year....

(I have to write Santa because my husband says he won't buy one for me)

8 posted on 02/17/2017 2:12:04 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Rebelbase

They also have a cool tool called a “flail” that is a giant weed whacker suspended by cables under a helicopter. Turns any vegetation up to the size of small trees into mulch. Ought to a good job with crowd control, urban renewal, etc.


9 posted on 02/17/2017 2:18:22 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: Rebelbase

I need one for the teenagers in my neighborhood!


10 posted on 02/17/2017 2:19:18 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Rebelbase

I’ve got to get me one of those!


11 posted on 02/17/2017 2:19:37 PM PST by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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I WANT MY DRONE MOUNTED FLAME THROWER NOW !!
12 posted on 02/17/2017 2:23:58 PM PST by Delta 21 (The minority demands NOTHING !)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Get off my lawn or I will release the flame throwing drone!!!


13 posted on 02/17/2017 2:33:19 PM PST by xp38
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To: Rebelbase

I want a miniature version to wipe out flies and other flying insects. Just have to keep it away from the drapes!


14 posted on 02/17/2017 2:48:27 PM PST by roadcat
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Get one of electric fly swatters that looks like a tennis racket. place it up against the drape or window and kind of nudge them into it.

The crackle, sizzle and smoke is most satisfying.


15 posted on 02/17/2017 2:56:03 PM PST by Rebelbase
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I have a couple of those electric swatters. They are great. My daughter bought me one about 5 years ago, and I laughed about it... until I found how effective they are. Problem is, trying to get a fly to come close to it or land on a wall. That’s why I’d like a flying flame-thrower to chase one around! Maybe a hybrid is the ticket. Combine an electric shock grid with a flying drone to collide with a fly to electrocute it. I’ll get right to work on it. I’ve got a flying drone that is encapsulated in a mesh ball that prevents blades from getting damaged. I got tired of other drones always damaging the rotating blades. So all I have to do is electrify the mesh ball.


16 posted on 02/17/2017 3:06:30 PM PST by roadcat
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To: nevergore

I was near a squirrel who somehow crossed two wires. BANG. Little smoking carcass ended up on the ground. And that was not one of the big towers, just a local line in a business park.


17 posted on 02/17/2017 3:52:37 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: USMCPOP

SCORE!!!!


18 posted on 02/17/2017 3:53:45 PM PST by nevergore
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To: Rebelbase

Send them after Islamic state.


19 posted on 02/17/2017 4:18:39 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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20 posted on 02/17/2017 4:20:33 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("January 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.")
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